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The government has allocated €2 billion to ease the impact of extreme heat and drought on farmers and water supplies.
Inside a shrine overlooking snow-capped mountains, Hindu priests heaped spoonfuls of puffed rice and ghee into a crackling fire. They closed their eyes and chanted in Sanskrit, hoping their prayers would save their holy and sinking — town.
When an earthquake strikes, the priority for rescue teams is to save lives. But there is also the need to preserve historical heritage. And the way in which ancient buildings survive can also provide many lessons as authorities look to rebuild.
Xynthia was a perfect storm of hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain that smashed into the western coasts of France and Spain overnight, wreaking havoc as far inland as Germany.
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) has warned that the current drought could be the worst in 500 years.
A revolutionary concept for a flood resistant ‘floating house’ has been designed by students in the UK.
As part of the $1.45 billion (€1.3 billion) project, work has started in southeast Manhattan to erect an integrated 4km system of raised parkland, floodwalls, berms and movable floodgates to create a continuous line of protection against sea-level rises.
The world is now a very different place to the one we knew several decades ago. The social, economic, technological and industrial development we have witnessed over the years has brought enormous costs in terms of vulnerabilities, interdependencies and risks.
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